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Isn’t that such a beautiful cocktail? It’s called Norbu Lingka or “Jeweled Park” (scroll down for the recipe). Ahhhhhh……I was back in Boston early this month and was so happy to once again get together with friend and Trade’s head bartender Tenzin Conechok Samdo to to shoot another one of his gorgeous cocktail creations at this…

Give me ANYTHING caprese-style and I will devour it! This is a take on The Market Couscous that can be found HERE on my blog – I punched up the garlic, limited the number of ingredients, switched out the feta for fresh mozzarella, and added grape tomatoes and plenty of herbs. The result is a…

The name of this appetizer may sound fancy, but tuiles are honestly the easiest thing to make and would be a perfect addition to your summer entertaining menu and will wow your guests. What is a tuile? It’s nothing more than a thin crisp or wafer of cheese for a savory version, or from a…

This was actually one of the very first recipes that I put on my blog – and now is a good time to update both the recipe format and pictures in honor of the July 4th holiday because these would make the perfect dish! (And because that post did indeed look like a first-time experience…

If you’ve didn’t have a chance to catch my previous posts, I was one of the bloggers selected by blogger and cookbook author Jenny Rosenstrach (Dinner: A Love Story) to cook three recipes from her upcoming second book, Dinner: The Playbook. Although a terrific read with lots of great recipes for anyone that comes across it, it…

Hey friends…..just completed the second recipe from Jenny Rosenstach’s upcoming second cookbook, Dinner: The Playbook which will be out late this summer. And in case you missed my first post, I was one of the bloggers selected to preview and cook from her new book – very exciting!! So…….Zucchini Fritters with Sour Cream and Chives….ahhhhhhh zucchini…

I was so excited to learn that I was one of the bloggers chosen to take part in this pre-publication cookbook review……Jenny Rosenstrach is the author of the wildly popular “Dinner: A Love Story” which is a wonderful collection of stories and recipes that equate to getting a good, homemade dinner on the table each…

You don’t always have to use leafy greens when making a salad…….let’s try something else to mix up the salad bar (or home) salad experience!! I concocted this salad from our Sarasota Whole Foods salad bar……and the combination of flavors was so incredible that I totally needed to share with you. And you don’t need…

Yum. This pasta dish is nicely spicy but super light for your late spring/early summer menus. It also makes for a great take-along dish…just reheat at your destination. I was all excited to use my first-ever crop of jalapeño peppers as one of the ingredients that makes this dish awaken your palette!! It’s super easy…

I was going through my blog and came across this recipe that I posted back in the summer of 2012. Some of the spacing was messed up and I wrestled with HTML for about two hours to correct it with no success. I’m a photographer…..not a tech person and not ashamed to admit it in…

The last time I posted a smoothie recipe using Ben & Jerry’s – it got over 2000 pins on Pinterest!! Maybe this one will have the same result?!? Yes this uses Ben & Jerry’s once again – but their frozen Greek yogurt and healthy ingredients such as pomegranate/blueberry juice. I spend a crazy amount of time…

Hi there! Well I hardly ever…or maybe never?……plate and present a dish in a “family-style” way which is probably because when cooking at home, I cook for so few people that it’s a win-win for individual plating vs. serving dishes. Just extra, unnecessary dishes where I live and cook!! But this dish?!? It just begged…

Sometimes you just need a soup that fills you up and that can be classified as a meal on its own. This soup definitely fits the bill! I like to use potatoes and pasta together every so often in soup…and in this case, both are nicely balanced by the escarole which is one of…

Romanesco Pesto? Okay so it’s just fun to say!! What the heck is romanesco you may ask?? It’s a farmer’s market find….and the famed Iron Chef and The Chew co-host Mario Batali calls it, “the psychedelic love child of broccoli and cauliflower with lime green British punk hair” in an article on northjersey.com – along…

Well I think today is a cold April day just about everywhere – it’s even chilly here in Florida this morning! Some of you got snow – yikes! Growing up in New England, the random snowstorm in April was a common occurrence but after such an unforgiving winter in many parts of the country, I…

Hey guys! This recipe may serve two, but I think you’re going to want to make it just for yourself! I ate the entire bowl the next day for lunch without a single regret LOL! The idea for this came from Food Network Magazine where I spotted a mushroom ramen recipe off to the side…

Hello! Well, I had this past weekend all to myself while my son was competing in the Florida State Latin Forum (state tournament) in Orlando. He left from school with the Latin Club on Thursday and was back super late Saturday night since the kids had the much-anticipated opportunity to blow off steam and enjoy…

This really doesn’t need a recipe, but so many people have asked me how to make these over the course of time that I thought I would go ahead and post it here. My son LOVES these and if you are feeling a little swanky, you can even add miniature marshmallows to the filling. I…

LOL…..sorry…..I was in Boston last week and being a New England girl at heart, it’s hard to avoid the “New Englandisms” when one is there. Almost stahted forgetting my R’s where they should belong and then subsequently adding them where they don’t belong……..okay, on that last one – I still do that!!! Idea is “idear”…

As most of us (try) to transition from winter to spring (apparently Mother Nature hasn’t received the memo next up north in New England where I happen to be this week!!) – our dishes tend to lighten up a bit and we begin to embrace the bounty of spring vegetables. Although I tend to buy…

I think it has been established that I love pasta? Well here’s a recipe to knock your socks off with both its simplicity and clean flavors. Nothing fancy here….this recipe works best with a pasta that has ridges, nooks, or crannies to love and cradle the sauce – I chose something fun and different that…

Happy Friday evening y’all!! After several days of nonstop wining and dining, I need some comfort food tonight!!! So I am poaching – and then shredding boneless, skinless chicken breasts which will be added to a chicken stock base along with either leftover, plain thin spaghetti, or rice noodles and baby bok choy. I’ll top…

Hungry? I try to make it to the Sarasota Farmer’s Market on Saturdays, but I usually only have about 40 minutes to dash about to the vendors which unfortunately doesn’t include time for a bite (my son has an hour tennis lesson a few blocks away). But last Saturday he was away at a math…

I needed to change up breakfast a little bit. Too many mornings with Greek yogurt was just getting old and boring!! I picked up a loaf of Asiago cheese sourdough bread (which is great just on it’s own!), added pesto, chopped tomatoes, and shredded mozzarella cheese and a quick toast under the broiler – and…